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MEL. I feel all of this. I, too, am not one to blow a deadline. The deadlines I've blown lately have all been self-imposed, but it still feels weird. Like, what -- am I lazy and unproductive now? Somehow the part that resonated most with all of this is when you were like, "Maybe a...sticker chart??? will save me??!" That's when you know you're in deep denial. When you pull out the tools we use to potty train toddlers. (I'm not knocking a sticker chart/habit tracker for grownups, it's just that if you're not a regular sticker chart person, suddenly wondering about it says to me that you're desperate for solutions.)

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Absolutely. when you're throwing spaghetti at the wall, it's time to re-evaluate trying to climb that wall. I wonder if this is also the slow, late let down after getting through most of the active Covid pandemic. Covid is still here, but we aren't in constant fight or flight, and all that constant stress has to let down sometime. All I know is, the exhaustion is real and requires being honest about what we REALLY need to do in a day.

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Yeah, I've been thinking a lot about what's happening with all of us now, in this sort of shoulder aftermath after the biggest anxieties of the pandemic.

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It's all got to come out at some point. The body carries you until it just can't anymore. Not realistic to just grind through it forever!

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I’m glad you’re taking care of yourself first -- yes, you need to! We all do. Of course, I’m waiting to read your new book, and I’ll wait. It’s fine. I’m sure it’s going to be fabulous, whether it’s completed “on time” or not! No need for a sticker chart, by the way. Those do not work long term!

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Thank you! I appreciate the validation about the sticker chart! I love seeing other people use them in their bullet journals but I'm more into crossing things off with a sharpie lol

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